- Museum number
- EA67970
- Description
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Inlaid glazed composition tile: in the form of a plumed cartouche containing the throne and birth names of Sety II. It is in blue on a white background and wears a headdress of two plumes and a sun-disk in yellow. The back is flat and in part unglazed.
- Dimensions
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Height: 14 centimetres
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Weight: 0.12 kilograms
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Width: 4.50 centimetres
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Depth: 1.50 millimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Inscription subject
royal
- Curator's comments
- Glazed tiles survive from several New Kingdom palaces, including those of Sety I at Qantir and Ramses III at Tell el-Yahudiya, and in the cultic palace complex of Medinet Habu at western Thebes. This royal cartouche is a decorative element, not part of an inscription.
Published:
R. Parkinson, ‘ Cracking Codes: The Rosetta Stone and Decipherment’ (London, 1999), cat 31e, p. 109.
Bibliography:
I. Freestone and D. Gaimster (eds), 'Pottery in the Making:World Ceramic Traditions' (London, 1997), 106, fig. 2.
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2011 Jul–Sept, Newcastle, Great North Museum, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2012 Oct–Jan, Dorchester, Dorset County Museum, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2012 Feb–June, Leeds City Museum, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2012 Jul-Oct, Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2012 Nov– Feb 2013, Glasgow, Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2013 Mar–Aug, Bristol Museum and Art Gallery, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2016 8 Mar–12 Jun, Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2018 7 Jun–16 Sep, Barcelona, La Caixa, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2018-2019 16 Oct–20 Jan, Madrid, La Caixa, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2019 19 Feb–25 Aug, Girona, La Caixa, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2019-2020 24 Sept–12 Jan, Seville, La Caixa, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2020–2021 11 Feb–21 Feb, Tarragona, La Caixa, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2021 25 Mar–15 Aug, Santiago de Compostela, Museo Centro de Gaias, Pharaoh King of Egypt
2021-2022 15 Sep–9 Jan, Zaragoza, La Caixa, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2022 10 Feb–15 May, Palma, La Caixa, Pharaoh King of Egypt
2022-2023 21 Jun–26 Feb, Valencia, La Caixa, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
2023 29 Mar–23 Jul, Lleida, La Caixa, Pharaoh: King of Egypt
- Condition
- good
- Acquisition date
- 1973
- Department
- Egypt and Sudan
- BM/Big number
- EA67970
- Registration number
- 1973,0224.1